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Just how green is Google? : Comments

By Jen Alic, published 25/5/2012

Google wants to remove US dependency on fossil fuels entirely within 22 years.

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Google reduced its investment in one of the solar thermal projects mentioned when the price of PV dropped. However people use computers at night and at least the solar thermal project had some ability to store energy for use at night. PV requires batteries which are currently too small and too expensive. It could be pointed out that IT pioneer Bill Gates now favours nuclear power.

If the power demand of the internet becomes onerous it undermines the case for Australia spending $36 bn on its broadband network. The theory had been it would enable tech savvy industry to locate anywhere with high speed connection. Telecommuting would replace physical transport. It does seem odd however for the internet to depend on Dickensian era coal power to sustain it.
Posted by Taswegian, Friday, 25 May 2012 9:04:06 AM
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They can steal our private information, dictate the information flow on the Internet and are dominated by dubious 'Green' influences yet people seem blind to Google's power and domination.

In late 2009 (or 2010, can't remember) they cut out all the anti-global warming sites from their search engine. These sites simply disappeared.It was as if they never existed. It was a stunning example of how much control they have and how easy it was for them to manipulate what people see hear and believe. This was around the time of the IPCC climate conference. Scary stuff.

Perennial enviro-loving good guys? Not really. Here is an organisation with as much power than any single organisation in the world and they are not always on our side.
Posted by Atman, Friday, 25 May 2012 12:25:42 PM
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Just how green is Google? Well one would expect those who created and run the Giant corporation, to at least be pragmatic and see the writing on the wall!
Or just how much economical damage increasing reliance on foreign fuel imports have done to the US economy; and forward defence posture?
I don't know about the sites Google removed?
But do contend the owners of a private company, web site etc; are entitled to edit out material they don't agree with; or, which is being manipulated by seemingly radical political activists for clean skin recruitment or other nefarious purposes?
As for green technology, I believe they could do a lot worse than back the algae research being currently conducted in Silicon valley, and right at home with their business model or ethos. [Some algae are up to 60% oil and almost child's play to extract.]
That way we will still be able to drive our great big gas guzzlers all while contributing to the gradual reduction of Co2 levels in the atmosphere; given, algae absorb 2.5 times their own bodyweight in Co2 emission. And under optimised growing conditions, [such as being used as mop crops to relieve effluent of troublesome nutrient loads,] will double that bodyweight every 24 hours!
Nor would it trouble the bottom line, if that effluent had already powered the cities that produce it!
Such as methane production turned into on demand power; and free hot water, via on site methane producing digesters and whisper quiet methane consuming ceramic fuel cells. Rhrosty.
Posted by Rhrosty, Sunday, 27 May 2012 1:02:14 PM
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